Dieting Advice

The problem is a simple one, every dieter wants to take the easy option and hear the their favorite words - you have lost weight.

Now the simple truth, there is no easy option, as for hearing you have just lost 10lb in a week, guess what you may have, but your going to put it back on again, as all you lost was water - stored energy - and healthy muscle tissue - not fat.

Its easy to put weight on, all you have to do is consume more calories than you expend. The answer to losing weight in the form of excess body fat, is also really really simple, you intake less calories in food and fluid then you expend through your daily calorie usage.

The biggest problem is that for most people they have put weight on over a number of years, simple for two main reasons, firstly that good tasting foods are all around and easy to eat and secondly lifestyle changes mean that most peoples lives have become less active.

Simple mathematics would equate to the fact, that if you have taken a number of months or years to slowly increase your body weight and increase your body fat percentage, you need to appreciate that this weight is not going to be safely removed for a friends wedding or summer holiday a few weeks away.

The truth is that in order to lose just 1lb of body fat, a deficit of 3,500 calories needs to be achieved. If you're generally eating 2,500 calories a day, then aim to simply cut back by just 10 - 15%, anymore and your body will think about going into its starvation mode (avoid at all costs).

For people that love eating, reducing your food intake is very hard to swallow, that's why you will need to read this complete section in order to understand the complete picture to losing and maintaining your bodies ideal weight. It may not be about reducing your calorie intake, it may simple be about changing the calories your consuming, as not all calories are equal, some foods such as lean proteins (chicken breast) will actually use about 30% of their calorie content just via their digestive process.

The other side of the equation, is to look at increasing your calorie expenditure, if your body is using 2,500 calories a day, than chances are you haven't gained much weight lately, however if your only using 2,000 calories a day, then over just 1 week you could be close to increasing your bodyweight by 1lb.

Lifestyle changes, combined with a healthier eating regime and knowledge of why traditional diets don't work and why certain foods even though appear to be healthy will actually give you negative results, read all the information and you will get positive results that will last, giving you a reduction in body fat and increase in energy and fitness levels.

Just a small amount of daily exercise, enough to increase your bodies calorific expenditure by 250 calories a day, combined with just a 10% reduction in your calorie intake from food, will already help you on the way to losing 1lb of body fat per week, with minimal change in your eating habits - slowly change both your eating habits and foods you eat, and you will get quicker positive results.

If your aim is to lose 10lb in weight this week, then the information within this weight loss (fat) section is not for you, as this form of weight loss is detrimental to both your health and long term weight loss goals.